The state Superior Court has ruled that a Bucks County trial court lacked the personal jurisdiction required to decide a lawsuit against a Virginia-based steel company, despite the plaintiff’s argument that the company’s website was enough to establish ties to Pennsylvania.
A three-judge panel consisting of Judges Ann Lazarus, Maria McLaughlin, and Kate Ford Elliott affirmed the Bucks County judge’s decision that defendant Steel Services Inc. had no connection to Pennsylvania. In doing so, the court dismissed plaintiffs Goe International and Richard Coppola’s appeal of the dismissal of his complaint.
